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see|scène
English

rank|ill|eat|et|844|scene|hot|I'd|fifty

Etymology
From Med. French scène < L. scæna, scena < AGr. �κηνή skene "scene, stage".

Pronunciation
s�n, /si�n/, /<tt>si:n</tt>/
audio|en-us-scene.ogg|Audio (US)
:Homophones: seen
:Rhymes:English:-i�n|Rhymes: -i�n

Noun
en-noun

1. The structure on which a spectacle or play is exhibited; the part of a theater in which the acting is done, with its adjuncts and decorations; the stage.
2. The decorations and fittings of a stage, representing the place in which the action is supposed to go on; one of the slides, or other devices, used to give an appearance of reality to the action of a play; as, to paint scenes; to shift the scenes; to go behind the scenes.
3. So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes.
4. The place, time, circumstance, etc., in which anything occurs, or in which the action of a story, play, or the like, is laid; surroundings amid which anything is set before the imagination; place of occurrence, exhibition, or action.
5. An assemblage of objects presented to the view at once; a series of actions and events exhibited in their connection; a spectacle; a show; an exhibition; a view.
6. A landscape, or part of a landscape; scenery.
7. An exhibition of passionate or strong feeling before others; often, an artificial or affected action, or course of action, done for effect; a theatrical display.
8. An element of fiction writing.
9. A social environment consisting of a large informal, vague group of people with a uniting interest; their sphere of activity.

Derived terms
scenic
scenery
scenic route

See also
proscenium

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section

Arabic: ARchar|��ظر IPAchar|(mán�ar) m ARchar|�ش�د IPAchar|(másh'had) m
Chinese: �� (j�ngsè)
Danish: t-|da|scene, t-|da|optrin (7)
Dutch: t-|nl|scène
Finnish: näyttämö, kohtaus (1-3), tapahtumapaikka (4)
French: t+|fr|scène|f
German: Szene f
Greek: t+|el|�κηνή|f|sc=Grek
Hebrew: סצנ� (stzena) f
Hungarian: szin, szinhely, kép (1-3), jelenet (4), látvány (6)
Ido: ceno
mid
Italian: t+|it|scena|f
Japanese: �場 (���, genba)
Korean: �면 (jangmyeon)
Malayalam: ര��� (ramgam) (1)
Portuguese: t+|pt|cena|f
Russian: ��ена (stséna) f
Serbian: pozorje n, pozornica f
Spanish: t-|es|escena|f
Swedish: scen c (1,2,7)

Verb
to scene

1. To exhibit as a scene; to make a scene of; to display.

Category:Greek derivations

Italian

Noun
scene f

1. plural of|scena|lang=Italian

Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *skaunaz

Adjective
sc�ne

1. resplendent
2. beautiful

Category:Old English adjectives

fa:scene
fr:scene
io:scene
it:scene
ku:scene
hu:scene
ja:scene
pl:scene
ru:scene
fi:scene
ta:scene
te:scene
vi:scene
zh:scene

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